OBGYN: More than half a million times annually in the US, cancer and other serious conditions warrant hysterectomy-- the removal of a woman's uterus. Usually the procedure is performed via an abdominal incision that requires a 3- to 5-day hospital stay and a 6- to 8-week recovery period. Now, in a handful of hospitals around the country, new robotic technology allows physicians to perform this procedure through small incisions that require a recovery time of only one night in the hospital and a significantly shorter recovery period at home. Watch as Hartford Hospital surgeon Dr. Amy Brown performs this revolutionary new procedure live on the Internet.
Amy Kirkpatrick Brown, MD
Paul Tulikangas, MD, FACS
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery